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I think the post might be old (though post 1998). Tie wearers haven't been the majority in any tech setting I can think of post dot-com boom (although I have no

I think the post might be old (though post 1998). Tie wearers haven't been the majority in any tech setting I can think of post dot-com boom (although I have no experience of academia where they may well remain hot.) I'm a frequent tie wearer and tend to be the odd one out nowadays even in management-heavy situations! :-)

hga 13y ago
In the relevant Boston area business and social circles in the '80s, a techie wearing a tie, even to interviews, was pretty much unheard of, so I'm pretty sure that goes way back further. If you'd been in those circles in the '80s, you clearly would have been viewed as eccentric as RMS for being a "frequent tie wearer", but all else being equal, we would have loved you as much as we loved him ^_^.